Reinhard H. Neumann
Sun Flat Kioicho #302
Kioicho 3-32, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-0094, Japan
Attorney-at-Law: Bollmann, Kiesselbach & Siemers, Hamburg/Germany; Coudert Brothers (Stevens Foreign Law Office), Tokyo/Japan; Sigle, Loose, Schmidt-Diemitz & Partner (today CMS Hasche Sigle), Stuttgart/Germany; Head of Legal Department & Deputy Managing Director, German Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Tokyo/Japan; Member of the Board: The Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA), Tokyo/Japan.
London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), London, United Kingdom; German-Japanese Association of Jurists (DJJV), Tokyo, Japan, Representative 1988-1994; Japanese-German Society for Legal Studies, Tokyo, Japan (Board Member 1985-2000); Japan Association of Arbitrators, Tokyo, Japan.
JCAA, ICC, DIS, CAA, AIAC.
Sole Arbitrator (JCAA), 1990, between a U.S. and a Japanese company re breach of an Agency Agreement; Presiding Arbitrator (JCAA), 1992, between a Japanese and a U.S. company re termination of a Software Distribution Agreement; Sole Arbitrator (ICC), 1996, between a Korean and a Lebanese company re a disputed Commission Agreement; Sole Arbitrator (JCAA), 1997, between a Canadian and a Japanese company re termination of an Exclusive Distributorship Agreement; Sole Arbitrator (JCAA), 1999, between a Japanese and a Taiwanese company re damage claims; Presiding Arbitrator (JCAA), 1999, between a U.S. and a Japanese company re termination and non-renewal of a Distributorship Agreement; Sole Arbitrator (ICC), 2000, between a U.S. and a Japanese company re a License Agreement; Sole Arbitrator (JCAA), 2001, between a Brazilian and a Japanese company re an Agency Agreement; President of the Arbitral Tribunal (ICC), 2002, between a Japanese and a U.S. company re a Satellite Telecommunication Service Agreement; Sole Arbitrator (ICC), 2003, between a Korean and a U.S. company re the purchase of malfunctioning and wrongly described goods; Sole Arbitrator (JCAA), 2003, between a Japanese and two Indian companies re a long-term Purchase Agreement; Presiding Arbitrator (JCAA), 2004, between a Japanese and a U.S. company re a Consulting & Confidentiality Agreement; Sole Arbitrator (JCAA), 2006, between a Japanese and an Indonesian company re termination of a Joint Venture and an Exclusive Distributorship Agreement; Sole Arbitrator (ad hoc), 2006, between a Canadian and a Japanese company re a Distributorship Agreement; Sole Arbitrator (ICC), 2008, between a U.S. and a Japanese company re a License Agreement; President of the Arbitral Tribunal (ICC), 2008, between a U.S. and a Japanese company re a License Agreement; Sole Arbitrator (JCAA), 2009, between a U.S. and a Japanese company re a Manufacturing License and Technical Assistance Agreement; Mediator (JCAA), 2011, between a Japanese and a Cayman company regarding the dissolution of their joint venture in China; Presiding Arbitrator (JCAA), 2011, between a Japanese and a Chinese company regarding the termination of a Distributorship Agreement; Presiding Arbitrator (JCAA), 2011, between a Chinese and a Japanese company regarding the termination of a Distributorship Agreement; Presiding Arbitrator (JCAA), 2013, between a Dutch and a Japanese company regarding breach of a License Agreement; Party nominated Arbitrator (ICC), 2015, between two Japanese companies regarding a construction engineering project dispute; Party nominated Arbitrator (ICC), 2016, between a Malaysian company (joined by a Japanese company) and two Japanese/Malaysian companies in a construction engineering project dispute; Party nominated Arbitrator (HKIAC/UNCITRAL(2016), between two Japanese/Hong Kong SAR companies and a Chinese company in an OEM Supply Agreement dispute; Presiding Arbitrator (ICC), 2018, between a Thai and two Japanese/Thai companies regarding an EPC subcontracting work dispute; Presiding Arbitrator (SIAC), 2018, between a Hong Kong SAR and a Japanese company regarding a Post M&A dispute.
Only a few of the author’s ca. 80 publications are listed here: Aenderung und Wandlung der Japanischen Verfassung, Heymanns Verlag, Koeln, 1982; Investitionsfibel: Juristische Ratschlaege fuer das Japangeschaeft, German Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Tokyo, 2nd Ed. 1987; What are the actual experiences of foreign multinationals in Japan? The European point of view, in: Foreign Direct Investment in Japan, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 1996, pp. 202-210; The Role of Arbitrator as Mediator in International Arbitration Cases in Japan, in: JCA Newsletter, No. 3, March 1998, pp.4-5.